The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-02

General Nelson a. Miles, the renown.
ed Indian fighter, was thrown from a tally
ho coach near Los Angeles, Cal, on last
Tuesday evening and had his left leg
broken at the ankle.
Albert VerhoYtn. formerly Of Mllwau-
kee, but more recently a student at Law
renee University, Appleton, has decided 70
become Roman Catholic priest, and has
gone 70 ST. Meinrad for preparation. His
wife is to become q nun. Mr. Eerhoyen
owns valuable property there and in various
parts OF the State, ana has heretofore been
devout Methodist. There was parallel
case some sixteen years ago in Baltimore.
A man and his wife, two sons and two
daughters, became converted to the Catho-
Tic faith, and all Of them engaged iu church
Work-the father and sons as priests and the
mother and daughters as sisters.
The instances where men Lave carried
outlets In their brain aud lived are exceed
lngly rare. Col. Pickens, who was discbar-
ged from Bellevue hospital recently, afforded
a notable case. lie was an Cficer in the
Confederate army. His home is at Lexing-
ton, KY. BE was wounded at the battle Of
Gettysburg In 1868. Since that time he has
carried bullet constantly in his brain. 1t
gave him pain from time to time, varying in
intensity. OF late years it had been more
painful. Physicians VINO were acquainted
with his case told him that it would Kill
him, yet he went home to Lexington, sound
in body and mind, with the bullet extracted.
In Mcdowell county and Southwestern
Virginia the drought has made the waters
very low, aud the peculiar disease which
has several times previously followed this
state OF affairs, aud which IS supposed to be
result of minerals in the water, has broken
out. In the Dead Horse Cave neighborhood
there are more than one hundred cases and
thirty deaths have occurred Not a family
has escaped. Crops are neglected and
farmwoIk is at a standstill. The entire
time Of all well persons is required to care
for the sick. 1t is estimated that two hun
dred people have died In Mcdowell county
alone in the past four weeks from the dis.
ease.
Next Tuesday the fate OF the Anarchists
confined in the county jail at Chicago will
be made public. The Supreme Court meets
ct Ottawa on that day, and the decision on
the appeal will 5e among the first papers
handed down. Meanwhile it is given ou:
that arrangements have been made by
which the Sheriff will receive advance notice
OF the character OF the decision, and should
it be unfavorable TO the prisoners they will
be at ice searched and placed in separate
cells. The visits OF friends ard relatives
Will also be stopped, and every possible pre-.
caution will be taken to frustrate any
scheme or plot for their release or the escape
OF any OF the number.
The Richmond Dispatch says: \ few
days since a gentleman near BOsweI's depot.
on the Richmond and Allegheny railroad.
missed cow. He searched for her and
when he found her she had given birth to
what should have been o calf, and yet, with
all other formations OF such from the
shoulder out the neck and head OF a woman
with all the symmetry thereof, and, further.
more, the hair OF this strange head was
parted or had gracefully fallen back on esch
side as ladies usually part theirs The nose.
eyes and other features we're clearly and
beautifully developed a5 that OF a woman's.
In word, f-om the shoulder out was hu-
man in form and the body that OF a beast.
The truth Of this statement can be verified
by gentlemen OF yeracity.
"A new counterfeit silver dollar has been
discovered. 1t is evidently made by casting
from mold taken from a genuine piece
1t is not stamped by a de. In color II ia
something lighter than genuine silver, hav-
ing Clean, soapy appearance and feel
which prevents ordinary grit or dust from
adhering to it. The lines of the engraving
are not at all sharp, like the original, and
the coin is noticeably thicker, The milling
lines on The edge longer and the diameter
slightly shorter. When dropped the coin
does not ring clearly like silver nor drop
flat Ike lead, but it emits 4 sharp metallic
noise. The ''s'' In the word "pluribus" is
noticeably bad, and the imperfect casting
of the old English letters in the motto ''In
God We Trust" gives the appearance Of a
line running through the letters, as though
the connterfeitei was not quite sure of the
sentiment. 1t is softer than silver.
There is not much doubt nov that the
peach crop is really short. Only three or
four out of thirty packing eSta blishments
in Baltimore are now In operation. Last
year al this season they were using from
25. 900 to 30, 900 boxes daily. but the average
received now does not exceed l. 500 boxes
per day, and no Increase is expected. The
packing houses have furnished a steady
market for peaches and prevented the glut
in the markets of great cities that few
years ago forced their sale, occasionally, at
prices which would scarcely cover the cost
Of picking. Even in the good peach sea-
sons OF late years such sacrifices do not
have to be made. II is the packers who
suffer, not the immediate consumers in
bad season, for the latter can afford to pay
more FOR the fruit, and as long as ths supply
IS shoIt the peaches will go to the city
markets rather than to the packing houses.